The Soul Consortium
“They have no face. I can only guess by the silence that the Great AI’s opinion on my decision is divided.
The faces surrounding me, however, suggest that their opinions are not. Eight thousand men and women stand below me in the heart of the Consortium’s Observation Sphere, looking through the invisible shield into the vast nebula that is now home to the Great AI consciousness. These abductees represent the combined governmental power of the known universe, and all they can do is stare, united ...in fear, frozen in shock, without a clue about what I planned or why they were snatched away to this gathering so suddenly. Even Salem’s noble features are shadowed by dread as he waits by the exit. He sees me looking at him but quickly shifts his gaze before an assurance-seeking smile flickers across my lips.
Still he seems not to notice me.
He talks to me, but there is no depth between us. No intimacy. I swallow against the lump in my throat, wishing that just once he would resurrect some of that long buried warmth he keeps only for his family’s memory and offer a morsel to me.MoreLess
The faces surrounding me, however, suggest that their opinions are not. Eight thousand men and women stand below me in the heart of the Consortium’s Observation Sphere, looking through the invisible shield into the vast nebula that is now home to the Great AI consciousness. These abductees represent the combined governmental power of the known universe, and all they can do is stare, united ...in fear, frozen in shock, without a clue about what I planned or why they were snatched away to this gathering so suddenly. Even Salem’s noble features are shadowed by dread as he waits by the exit. He sees me looking at him but quickly shifts his gaze before an assurance-seeking smile flickers across my lips.
Still he seems not to notice me.
He talks to me, but there is no depth between us. No intimacy. I swallow against the lump in my throat, wishing that just once he would resurrect some of that long buried warmth he keeps only for his family’s memory and offer a morsel to me.MoreLess
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